The Future Is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet (Paperback)

~ (Author), David Carrasco (Introduction), Sandra Cisneros (Foreword)

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Product Description

Twelve years after it was first published, The Future is Mestizo is now updated and revised with a new foreword, introduction, and epilogue. This book speaks to the largest demographic change in twentieth-century United States history-the Latinization of music, religion, and culture.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Paperback: 131 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado; Rev Sub edition (June 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870815768
• ISBN-13: 978-0870815768
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #311,760 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Future is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet, Revised Edi, August 1, 2000

By	ellensden "living in Dallas, Texas" (Dallas, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

The Reverend Father Elizondo presents his native San Antonio as a vibrant bilingual and multicultural city in central Texas on the frontier of the United States and Mexico. He recalls the history of New Spain and how Americans from the east viewed the northern lands of Mexico. From this divide comes a new mestizo, mix, as the Reverend Elizondo poignantly conveys Jesus's life as that of mestizo, a Jew whose very birth was questioned by his mother's people. Our world's history, especially European, is a mixture of people, or, loosely used, mestizo, and so will be our world's future the Reverend Elizondo brilliantly reminds the reader.

3.0 out of 5 stars In response to Delia Perez's complaint, May 26, 2007

By	Tejas55 - See all my reviews

The item description CLEARLY states that the foreword was written by Cisneros. Nowhere does it say that she is the author. Also, the picture of the cover CLEARLY states the same thing. Plus, you don't request a refund from amazon by posting a complaint in the review section. Geez.

0 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars False Advertisement, September 15, 2005

By	Delia C. Perez "Disapointed" (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book, "The Future is Mestizo" is NOT written BY Sandra Cisneros. Thats is false advertisement!!! The book is written by some biased priest, who has a good idea, however, Sandra Cisneros did not write the book. She wrote the foreword.

Please contact me for a FULL refund and I will send the book back.

Thank you,